Sorry, Martha, that train is not leaving the station

 

Reported in In Supreme Court Fight, McSally Sees a Chance to Reboot Her Senate Campaign.  (The New York Times, 10/1/2020)

Martha is down 6 percentage points in the polls.

Wisconsin COVID cases mapped and graphed (10/3/2020)

 Saturday, October 3.  Total tests (positive and negative):  1,587,451 -- one-day increase of 14,084 (2,892 positive; 20.5%)

Total positive Covid-19 cases:  1

Counties with largest numerical gains = 65

• 19 with 50 or more new cases 
• 14 with 20 to 49 new cases
• 18 with 10 to 19 new cases
• 14 with 5 to 9 new cases

The 65

• Brown (376)
• Milwaukee (302)
• Winnebago (210)
• Outagamie (144)
• Waukesha (136)
• Dane (122)
• Marathon (89)
• Sheboygan (83)
• Dodge (82)
• Calumet (70)
• Oconto (68)
• Manitowoc (67)
• Portage (62)
• Rock (59)
• Washington (58)
• Racine (54)
• Dodge (52)
• Columbia, Fond du Lac (51 each)

• Eau Claire (42)
• Waupaca (40) 
• La Crosse (39)
• Jefferson, Kewaunee (34 each)
• Kenosha, St. Croix (27 each)
• Clark, Grant, Marinette (26 each)
• Monroe, Ozaukee (23 each)
• Chippewa, Waushara (20 each)

• Lincoln, Vilas (19 each)
• Wood (18)
• Langlade, Oneida (17 each)
• Door (16)=
• Dunn (14)
• Green Lake (13)
• Barron, Trempealeau, Vernon (12 each)
• Green, Juneau, Pierce (11 each)
• Ashland, Richlnd, Sauk, Walworth (10 each)

• Douglas, Forest, Lafayette, Marquette, Price (9 each)
• Polk (8)
• Florence (7)
• Adams, Crawford, Sawyer, Washburn (6 each)
• Buffalo, Burnett, Menominee (5 each)

All 72 counties report at least 1 new case,.

 

Wisconsin Department of Health Services

Other WI COVID posts:

Friday, October 2

Thursday, October 1

Wednesday, September 30

Tuesday, September 29

Monday, September 28

Sunday, September 27

Saturday, September 26

Friday, Septmeber 25

Related posts:

Alabama.  (9/28/2020)

Arizona.  (9/28/2020)

Arkansas.  (10/1/2020)

California.  (9/27/2020)

Connecticut.  (8/21/2020)

Florida.  (9/28/2020)

Georgia.  (9/28/2020)

Idaho.  (9/27/2020)

Illinois.  (9/29/2020)

Indiana.  (10/3/2020)

Iowa.  (10/3/2020)

Kansas.  (10/1/2020)

Kentucky.  (10/1/2020)

Louisiana.  (9/25/2020)

Maryland.  (9/30/2020)

Massachusetts.  (9/29/2020)

Michigan.  (9/29/2020)

Minnesota.  (10/1/2020)

Mississippi.  (9/28/2020)

Montana. (10/2/2020)

Nebraska.  (10/1/2020)

Nevada.  (9/30/2020)

New Jersey,  (9/29/2020)

New York.  (9/29/2020)

North Carolina.  (9/27/2020)

North Dakota.  (9/27/2020)

Ohio.  (10/3/2020)

Pennsylvania.  (9/29/2020)

South Carolina.  (10/1/2020)

South Dakota.  (9/1/2020)

Tennessee.  (10/2/2020)

Texas   (10/3/2020)

Utah.  (9/30/2020)

Virginia.  (8/28/2020)

Washington State.  (6/12/2020)

West Virginia.  (9/30/2020)

The incorrigible GOP leadership of the Wisconsin State Legislature: anti-maskers Senate Majoriy Leader Scott Fitzgerald and Assembly Speaker Robin Vos

 

Definitions (take your pick) from Merriam Webster

Sources:  The New York Times (COVID graph and map)

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 10/2/2020 (headline)

Big picture

Fact check follies: splitting hairs and missing the big picture

 

Donald Trump used 'coronavirus' and 'hoax in the same trainwreck of a thought.

Source:  FactCheck.org

Moreover, he has consistently downplayed the seriousness of the COVID-19 and is the 'single largest driver' of coronavirus misinformation.

The New York Times, 9/30/2020

Read the full report

GET ME REWRITE: Tom Tiffany working to yank title of Wisconsin State Embarrassment from Glenn Grothman

 

Once upon a time, one would have thought such a feat to be impossible.

Headline:  Wisconsin State Journal, 10/2/2020

 

The 17 Republicans who voted against the bill were Jodey Arrington (R-TX), Brian Babin (R-TX), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Buddy Carter (R-GA), Warren Davidson (R-OH), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Drew Ferguson (R-AL), Bill Flores (R-TX), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Steve King (R-IA), Ralph Norman (R-S.C.), Scott Perry (R-PA), Tom Tiffany (R-WI), and Daniel Webster (R-FL)

MAGA white guys, every one.

Related posts:
2020
Dear Tom Tiffany, Confederate monuments were erected decades after the end of the Civil War and are intended to glorify leaders of the Confederacy.  (7/23/2020)

GET ME REWRITE: Trump-backed Tom Tiffany underperforms in Duffyland, Wisconsin's 7th congressional district.  (5/13/2020)
Clearly, the hard hat is offering no protection.  (1/21/2020)

2019
UPDATE: Who will run in Wisconsin 7th congressional district now that Sean Duffy has announced his resignation?  (10/21/2019)

2017
Meet Tom "terrific for the mining industry" Tiffany.  (11/4/2017)

2016
The hypocrisy of Tom Tiffany and his fellow Republicans.   (3/25/2016) 

2014
Tom "Terrific-for-the-Frac-Sand-Mining-Industry" Tiffany.  (12/19/2014)
Scott Walker likely to support Tom Tiffany's new mining bill.  (2/27/2014)

2013
Wyoming's Republican Governor has a message for Wisconsin mining industry's "Tom Terrific".  (11/24/2013)
The mining industry's "Tom Terrific" gets pushback from his Republican colleagues.  (11/18/2013)
In so many words: Dear Sen. Tiffany, Your bill sucks, Sincerely, Pepin County Board.  (11/13/2013)
Follow the Gogebic money.  (11/7/2013)
Sen. Tom Tiffany's sand mine bill a hot potato.  (10/28/2013) 
The Nipper Chronicles: The frac sand mining masters speak.  (10/18/2013)

Wisconsin 2020 elections: Who's running in the 62nd State Assembly district?

 

In November 2018, Robert Wittke (R-Racine) won a 1st term in the Assembly by less than 10 percentage points.

August Schutz is a 2020 graduate of the University of Minnesota.  He served as a Minnesota State Senate intern.

Source:  Ballotpedia

The Trying to Get a Handle on Racine 

Wisconsin GOP Gerrymander

Source:  Ballotpedia

Sources includ Wisconsin Elections Commission

2020 Wisconsin election posts:

14th Senate District.  (2/24/2020)

16th Senate District.  (1/28/2020)

26th Senate District.  (4/4/2020)

30th Senate District.  (1/18/2020)

1st Assembly District.  (5/8/2020)

2nd Assembly District.  (7/5/2020)

3rd Assembly District.  (7/6/2020)

4th Assembly District.  (7/6/2020)

6th Assembly District.  (7/8/2020)

8th Assembly District.  (7/8/2020)

9th Assembly District.  (7/9/2020)

11th Assembly District.  (7/9/2020)

12th Assembly District.  (7/10/2020)

13th Assembly District.  (7/14/2020)

14th Assembly District.  (7/15/2020)

15th Assembly District.  (7/16/2020)

19th Assembly District.  (7/20/2020)

21st Assembly District.  (7/21/2020)

23rd Assembly District.  (7/24/2020)

24th Assembly District.  (7/28/2020)

25th Assembly District.  (7/30/2020)

26th Assembly District.  (8/3/2020)

28th Assembly District.  (8/4/2020)

29th Assembly District.  (2/21/2020)

30th Assembly District.  (8/10/2020)

31st Assembly District:  (8/6/2020)

32nd Assembly District.  (8/7/2020)

33rd Assembly District.  (8/21/2020)

34th Assemblyl District.  (8/22/2020)

35th Assembly District.  (8/24/2020)

38th Assembly District.  (8/26/2020)

39th Assembly District.  (8/28/2020)

40th Assembly District.  (9/2/2020)

41st Assembly District.  (9/3/2020)

42nd Assembly District.  (8/31/2020)

43rd Assembly District.  (9/4/2020)

44th Assembly District.  (9/6/2020)

45th Assembly District.  (9/7/2020)

48th Assembly District.  (3/12/2020)

49th Assembly District.  (9/8/2020)

50th Assembly District.  (9/10/2020)

51st Aasembly District.  (9/12/2020)

52nd Assembly District.  (9/14/2020)

55th Assembly District.  (9/28/2020)

56th Assembly District.  (10/1/2020)

63rd Assembly District.  (5/29/2020)

67th Assembly District.  (5/4/2020)

69th Assembly District.  (1/16/2020)

76th Assembly District.  (5/13/2020)

82nd Assembly District.  (5/13/2020)

96th Assembly District.  (5/3/2020)

Wisconsin COVID cases mapped and graphed (10/2/2020)

 

Friday, October 2.  Total tests (positive and negative):  1,573,571 -- one-day increase of 13,595 (2,745 positive; 20.2%)

Total positive Covid-19 cases:  127,906

Counties with largest numerical gains = 56

• 18 with 50 or more new cases 
• 14 with 20 to 49 new cases
• 14 with 10 to 19 new cases
• 10 with 5 to 9 new cases

The 56

• Milwaukee (312)
• Brown (206)
• Winnebago (199)
• Outagamie (152)
• Waukesha (146)
• Sheboygan (102)
• Marathon (88)
• Dodge (82)
• Racine (74)
• Walworth (73)
• Fond du Lac (68)
• Washington (65)
• Calumet (60)
• Oconto (59)
• Rock (53)
• Kenosha, Marinette (50)

• Manitowoc (43)
• Eau Claire (42)
• La Crosse(40) 
• Columbia (39)
• Jefferson (26)
• Oneida (35)
• Portage, Waupaca (32 each)
• St. Croix (30)\
• Dunn, Grant (26)
• Kewaunee (25)
• Forest (24)
• Richland (20)

• Ozaukee, Trempealeau (19 each)
• Taylor (18)
• Monroe (17)
• Dane (16)
• Chippewa, Langlade (15 each)
• Lincoln (14)
• Door (13)
• Green Lake (12)
• Iowa, Juneau, Price (11 each)
• Vilas (10)

• Douglas (9)
• Clark, Green, Polk (8)
• Ashland (7)
• Barron, Washburn, Waushara (6 each)
• Adams, Vernon (5 each)

One county, Pepin, reports no new cases.

 

Wisconsin Department of Health Services

Other WI COVID posts:

Thursday, October 1

Wednesday, September 30

Tuesday, September 29

Monday, September 28

Sunday, September 27

Saturday, September 26

Friday, Septmeber 25

Related posts:

Alabama.  (9/28/2020)

Arizona.  (9/28/2020)

Arkansas.  (10/1/2020)

California.  (9/27/2020)

Connecticut.  (8/21/2020)

Florida.  (9/28/2020)

Georgia.  (9/28/2020)

Idaho.  (9/27/2020)

Illinois.  (9/29/2020)

Indiana.  (9/26/2020)

Iowa.  (9/26/2020)

Kansas.  (10/1/2020)

Kentucky.  (10/1/2020)

Louisiana.  (9/25/2020)

Maryland.  (9/30/2020)

Massachusetts.  (9/29/2020)

Michigan.  (9/29/2020)

Minnesota.  (10/1/2020)

Mississippi.  (9/28/2020)

Montana. (10/2/2020)

Nebraska.  (10/1/2020)

Nevada.  (9/30/2020)

New Jersey,  (929/2020)

New York.  (929/2020)

North Carolina.  (9/27/2020)

North Dakota.  (9/27/2020)

Ohio.  (9/26/2020)

Pennsylvania.  (9/29/2020)

South Carolina.  (9/1/2020)

South Dakota.  (9/1/2020)

Tennessee.  (10/2/2020)

Texas   (9/26/2020)

Utah.  (9/30/2020)

Virginia.  (8/28/2020)

Washington State.  (6/12/2020)

West Virginia.  (9/30/2020)

Roberta Mason Stewart (1932-2020) Warren High School class of 1950

Source:  Warren Times Observer

1950 Dragon yearbook

1967 Warren City Directory

• [county section]  Edward and Helen live at 2564 Pennylsvania Avenue West in Starbrick

1983 Warren City Directory

The popularity of Roberta as a baby name is graphed here.  Let's take a look at grandson Elias.  

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Source:  Social Security Administration

Elias bounced around during the 1st 60 years of the 20th century before setting on a slow, determined ascent to the upper reaches of the baby name rankings.  He's currently at a personal best of 60.

Other members of the WHS class of 1950:
2020
James Gray.  (7/10/2020)

Mabel Morse Horner.  (2/4/2020)

2019
Donald Cable.  (8/27/2019)
Clifford LeRoy Maze.  (7/9/2019)
Robert Lundmark.  (7/1/2019)
Donald Baldensperger.  (1/26/2019)

2018
John White.  (10/12/2018)
Geraldine Downey Gustafson.  (10/7/2018)

2017
Helen Quiggle Kroemer.  (7/9/2017)
Dale Witherell.  (5/31/2017)
Betty Reynolds Mahan.  (4/4/2017)
Helen Kane Scalise.  (2/23/2017)

2016
William Lemmon.  (8/30/2016)
Joan Kondak Vernon.  (8/3/2016)
Barbara Reist Cook.  (7/7/2016)
Mary Sikstrom Bauer.  (6/20/2016)
Robert Jones.  (6/4/2016)

2015
Lewis McCullough.  (7/6/2015)
Joan Marlene Campbell Berdine.  (2/18/2015)

2014
Glen Valentine.  (8/18/2014)

Invitation from POTUS45 declined

 

Related post:

The White House doctor is in, and you can take him at his word. (For what it's worth).  (10/2/2020)  

If we use Trump's logic, POTUS and FLOTUS wouldn't have the virus if they hadn't been tested.  (10/2/2020)

The White House doctor is in, and you can take him at his word. (For what it's worth)

 

Photo credit:  CareDash

Sources:  The Guardian, 5/19/2020 (top); Madison.com, 10/2/2020 (bottom)

Related post:  

If we use Trump's logic, POTUS and FLOTUS wouldn't have the virus if they hadn't been tested.  (10/2/2020)

If we use Trump's logic, POTUS and FLOTUS wouldn't have the virus if they hadn't been tested

 

And we'd have 2 fewer coronavirus cases in the U.S.

Source of quote:  Trump’s continually strange comments on possibly ‘overrated’ coronavirus testing.  (Washington Post, 5/15/2020)

As the Trump/Pence campaign staff boogies on.....

(red arrow added)

Double vision: Graphing the Covid-19 cases of Langlade County and Lincoln County in Wisconsin

 

Side by side

Source:  Wisconsin Department of Health Services

When you check out local media, it sppears that folks are behaving like it's 2019.

Screenshot from the Antigo Times

Screensot from the Merrill Foto News

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Related posts:

Statewide

Wisconsin COVID-19 cases mapped and graphed.  (updated daily)

Regionally

Vilas and Oneida counties.   Probably not a good idea to go about your usual business in Oneida and Vilas counties.  (8/20/2020)
Milwaukee, Racine, Kenosha, Walworth, and Waukesha counties.  Greetings from Wisconsin's coronavirus hot corner.  (8/20/2020)

Individual counties

Brown County.  GET ME REWRITE: 5 white guys don't get their way on the Green Bay Common Council.  (7/22/2020)

Chippewa County.  Wisconsin News: Chippewa County public health director favors mask requirement, and so should all county residents.  (7/22/2020)

Clark County, Wisconsin: "A lot of people are very scared of the virus, for good reasons."  (7/16/2020)

Dodge County.   GOP leader Scott Fitzgerald wants Wisconsin Senate to strike down mask order as COVID-19 cases spike in his home county.  (8/8/2020)

Douglas County.  City of Superior City Council to residents: #WearADamnMask.  (7/23/2020)

Grant County.   Dear Sheriff Dreckman, Please find a job where mimicking GOP talking points is the only job qualification.  (10/1/2020)

Iron County.  Wisconsin coronavirus hot spot.  (7/27/2020)

Jefferson County.  Covidiots on parade at Jefferson County Board of Supervisors meeting.  (7/28/2020)

Marinette County.   Covidiots rule the day in Marinette County.  (8/14/2020)

Oconto County.  Covidiots rule the day in Oconto County.  (8/14/2020)

Pepin County.  In one week, Pepin County Wisconsin went from a 13.8 to 206.6 positive Covid test rate per 100,000 people.  (7/13/2020)

Polk County.    Covidiots throw hissy fit over #wearamask.  (8/25/2020)

Racine County.  GET ME REWRITE. Face masks: Response to public health crisis or political litmus test? Racine County Sheriff flips off Tony Evers.  (8/2/2020) 

Sauk County.  Covidiots on parade at Sauk County Board of Supervisors meeting (chapter 2).  (7/25/2020)

Sauk County.  Baraboo Public Library reopens as coronavirus cases spike in Sauk County.  (8/14/2020) 

Waukesha County.  The Sonny Boy chronicles.  (8/18/2020)

Wood County.  Dear Wood County residents, It's not a time for complacency.  Best, Retiring Guy.  (7/11/2020)

Wisconsin COVID-19 mapped and graphed (10/1/2020)

 

Thursday, October 1.  Total tests (positive and negative):  1,559,882 -- one-day increase of 14,361 (2,887 positive; 20.1%)

Total positive Covid-19 cases:  125,161

Counties with largest numerical gains = 61

• 18 with 50 or more new cases 
• 15 with 20 to 49 new cases
• 18 with 10 to 19 new cases
• 10 with 5 to 9 new cases

The 61

• Milwaukee (329)
• Brown (260)
• Outagamie (204
• Winnebago (183)
• Waukesha (173)
• Sheboygan (156)
• Marathon (86)
• Racine (85)
• Waupaca (81)
• La Crosse (75)
• Fond du Lac (74)
• Dane (72)
• Shawano (66)
• Calumet (60)
• Oconto (59)
• Washington (53)
• Grant (52) 
• Fond du Lac (51)

• Manitowoc (49)
• Dodge (44)
• Portage (33) 
• Oneida (29)
• Jefferson, Monroe, Waushara (28 each)
• Kewaunee (25)
• Kenosha, Lafayette (22 each)
• Dunn, Sauk, Wood (21 each)
• Clark, Marinette (20 each)

• Columbia, Douglas, Green Lake, Richland (19 each)
• Juneau, Lincoln (17 each)
• Eau Claire, Price, Trempealeau, Walworth (16 each)
• Langlade (15)
• Door (14)
• Ozaukee (13)
• Menominee (11)
• Chippewa, Polk, St. Croix, Vernon (10 each)

• Barron, Jackson (8 each)
• Green (7)
• Adams, Ashland, Pierce, Vilas (6 each)
• Bayfield, Crawford, Marquette (5 each)

One county, Pepin, reports no new cases.

 

Wisconsin Department of Health Services

Other WI COVID posts:

Wednesday, September 30

Tuesday, September 29

Monday, September 28

Sunday, September 27

Saturday, September 26

Friday, Septmeber 25

Related posts:

Alabama.  (9/28/2020)

Arizona.  (9/28/2020)

Arkansas.  (10/1/2020)

California.  (9/27/2020)

Connecticut.  (8/21/2020)

Florida.  (9/28/2020)

Georgia.  (9/28/2020)

Idaho.  (9/27/2020)

Illinois.  (9/29/2020)

Indiana.  (9/26/2020)

Iowa.  (9/26/2020)

Kansas.  (10/1/2020)

Kentucky.  (10/1/2020)

Louisiana.  (9/25/2020)

Maryland.  (9/30/2020)

Massachusetts.  (9/29/2020)

Michigan.  (9/29/2020)

Minnesota.  (10/1/2020)

Mississippi.  (9/28/2020)

Montana. (9/25/2020)

Nebraska.  (10/1/2020)

Nevada.  (9/30/2020)

New Jersey,  (929/2020)

New York.  (929/2020)

North Carolina.  (9/27/2020)

North Dakota.  (9/27/2020)

Ohio.  (9/26/2020)

Pennsylvania.  (9/29/2020)

South Carolina.  (9/1/2020)

South Dakota.  (9/1/2020)

Tennessee.  (9/25/2020)

Texas   (9/26/2020)

Utah.  (9/30/2020)

Virginia.  (8/28/2020)

Washington State.  (6/12/2020)

West Virginia.  (9/30/2020)